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Description: | Roger Mayne photographed this group of young men in Southam Street, North Kensington, at the height of 'gambling fever'. The group are dressed in the Teddy boy style, with slicked hair and draped jackets, although the fashion trend was nearing its end by 1958.
Illegal street betting and gambling reached unprecedented levels in the mid-1950s. The Betting and Gaming Act of 1960 legalised gambling in an attempt to remove it from the streets.
Mayne produced a unique 'labour of love' photographic series on Southam Street between 1956 and 1961. The street was declared unfit for human habitation in 1963, and the slums demolished in 1968-9. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | �� Roger Mayne | Subjects: | Cityscape Youth Culture and Fashion | Temporal: | 1958 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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